Over 170 passengers were evacuated from an American Airlines flight after a fire broke out at Denver International Airport. Video footage captured the intense and alarming scene. At approximately 5:15 p.

More than 170 passengers and six crew were evacuated after the engine of an American Airlines jet – outbound from Colorado Springs – caught fire on landing in Denver. The incident unfolded on Thursday after the Boeing 737-800 aircraft diverted from its Dallas destination and landed in Denver at about 5:15pm local time (23:15 GMT) in response to reports of engine vibrations by crew on board.

In terrifying scenes you might have seen in films or even in your nightmares, passengers were forced to escape onto the wings of a plane yesterday (13 March). After a diversion, the plane landed at Denver Airport, Colorado, and burst into flames while taxiing on the tarmac.